Norway fund may have to offload $1bn stake in Glencore in shift away from coal

According to PwC, investors seemed unimpressed last year, as market valuations fell 18%.

There has been no shortage of fighting talk about Australia's lack of cohesive energy and carbon policies in recent weeks.

Unable to get funding from lenders like the IMF since defaulting on its debt in 1999, Zimbabwe has over the last five years relied on the African Export and Import Bank for mineral-backed loans

Gas and coal prices are plunging in Europe, hurt by the relentless threat of ever-cheaper clean energy.

The new regulations may have a further, more unexpected effect on the steel sector, and the nascent electric vehicle battery industry. 

Bob Paduchik, who also led the Ohio Trump campaign in 2016, called lawmakers urging them to support the legislation and stressing that the president was behind it as well.

The latest move signals coal power generators are under pressure from high raw material costs and the government’s plan to cut electricity charges.

If approved, Hume's mine is expected to produce 50-million tonnes of run-of-mine coal over 23 years.

For the first time ever, West Virginia last year produced more natural gas, as measured by energy content, than coal.